Trayodaśāṅga Guggulu

Trayodaśāṅga Guggulu Vati is a preparation made with the ingredients in the Formulation composition given below with Guggulu as the basic ingredient.

Formulation composition

Babbūla API	Acacia Arabica	St. Bk.	1 Part
Aśvagandhā API	Withania somnifera	Rt.	1 Part
Hapuṣā API	Juniperus communis	Fr.	1 Part
Guḍūcī API	Tinospora cordifolia	St.	1 Part
Śatāvarī API	Asparagus racemosus	Rt	1 Part
Gokṣura API	Tribulus terrestris	Fr.	1 Part
Vṛddhadāru API	Ipomoea petaloidea	Rt.	1 Part
Rāsnā API	Pluchea lanceolata	Lf.	1 Part
Śathāhvā API	Anethum sowa	Fr.	1 Part
Śaṭī API	Hedychium spicatum	Rz	. 1 Part
Yavānī API	Trachyspermum ammi	Fr.	1 Part
Śuṇṭhī API	Zingiber officinale	Rz.	1 Part
Guggulu-Śuddha API	Commiphora wightii	O.R.	12 Parts
Goghṛta API	Clarified butter from Cow s milk.		1 Part

Method of preparation

• Take all the ingredients of the pharmacopoeial quality.
• Wash, dry and powder the ingredients number 1 to 12 of the formulation composition separately and pass through sieve number 85, weigh them separately in the required quantities and mix.
• Crush weighed quantity of Guggulu-Śuddha, add fine powder of other mixed ingredients to it and pound well.
• Add Ghṛta in small quantity at regular intervals for smooth pounding and continue pounding till a semi-solid uniformly mixed mass of suitable plasticity is obtained.

Description

• Spherical pills, blackish in colour with agreeable odour and bitter taste.

Storage

• Store in a cool place in tightly closed container, protect from light and moisture.

Therapeutic uses

• Kaṭigraha (stiffness in lumbo-sacral region), Gṛdhrasī (sciatica), Hanugraha (lockjaw), Bāhuśūla (pain in arm), Jānustabdhatā (stiffness of the knee), Asthivāta (bone disease due to Vata Dosha), Majjāvāta (bone marrow disorder), Snāyuvāta (inflammation of ligaments), Hṛtgraha (cardiac failure), Vāta-Kapha Roga (disease due to Vata Dosha and Kapha Dosha), Yonidoṣa (disorders of female genital tract), Asthibhaṅga (bone fracture), Vidradhi (abscess), Khañjavāta (limping due to vitiation of Vata).

Dose

• 2-3 g daily in divided doses.

Anupāna

• Triphala Kvatha, Madhu, Lasuna Svarasa, Yusha, Mandoshna Jala, Milk.

Physico-chemical parameters

Loss on drying	Not more than 11 per cent
Total ash	Not more than 15 per cent
Acid-insoluble ash	Not more than 4 per cent
Alcohol-soluble extractive	Not less than 17.5 per cent
Water-soluble extractive	Not less than 21 per cent
pH (1% aqueous solution)	4.45 to 5.96